Girl, 8, dead, 33-year-old woman charged with impaired driving in southwestern Ontario collision

An 8-year-old girl has died and a woman is charged with impaired driving following a collision west of London, Ont.

Ontario Provincial Police from Middlesex responded to a two vehicle collision Friday at 9:54 p.m. in the Municipality of Adelaide Metcalfe, about 40 kilometres west of London.

Four people from one of two vehicles were transported to hospital; three with minor injuries and the young girl with life threatening injuries.

The girl has since died.

Police say the name of the young victim is not being released at this time pending notifications to next of kin."

Officers investigating the crash learned that one driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle had been impaired," provincial police said in a press release.

The driver was arrested and taken for testing at the Strathroy OPP detachment.

The police media release has not disclosed which vehicle the suspect was allegedly driving.

A 33-year-old woman from Strathroy, Ont., has been charged with operation of a vehicle while impaired and operation causing death.

The accused has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court September 10.

The collision closed the intersection of Egremont Drive and Hickory Drive for several hours as officers from the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Team investigated.

Jeremy Kemeny is a Hamilton-based web editor at The Spectator. Reach him via email: jkemeny@thespec.com